Hypertext Webster Gateway: "recall"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Recall \Re*call"\, n. (Political Science)
(a) The right or procedure by which a public official,
commonly a legislative or executive official, may be
removed from office, before the end of his term of
office, by a vote of the people to be taken on the filing
of a petition signed by a required number or percentage
of qualified voters.
(b) Short for
{recall of judicial decisions}, the right or procedure by
which the decision of a court may be directly reversed or
annulled by popular vote, as was advocated, in 1912, in
the platform of the Progressive party for certain cases
involving the police power of the state.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Recall \Re*call"\, v. t.
1. To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops;
to recall an ambassador.
2. To revoke; to annul by a subsequent act; to take back; to
withdraw; as, to recall words, or a decree.
Passed sentence may not be recall'd. --Shak.
3. To call back to mind; to revive in memory; to recollect;
to remember; as, to recall bygone days.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Recall \Re*call"\, n.
1. A calling back; a revocation.
'T his done, and since 't is done, 't is past
recall. --Dryden.
2. (Mil.) A call on the trumpet, bugle, or drum, by which
soldiers are recalled from duty, labor, etc. --Wilhelm.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
recall
n 1: the process of remembering (especially the process of
recovering information by mental effort) [syn: {recollection},
{reminiscence}]
2: the act of removing an official by petition
v 1: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection: "I can't
remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her
last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?" "Do
you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up
memories" [syn: {remember}, {retrieve}, {call back}, {call
up}, {recollect}, {remind}, {think}] [ant: {forget}]
2: go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a
previous remark of his" [syn: {hark back}, {return}, {come
back}]
3: call to mind: "His words echoed John F. Kennedy" [syn: {echo}]
4: summon to return; "The ambassador was recalled to his
country"
5: cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to
return from a reverie or digression; "She was recalled by
a loud laugh"
6: make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; "The
company recalled the product when it was found to be
faulty" [ant: {issue}]
7: cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; The
manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt" [syn:
{call in}, {call back}, {withdraw}]
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